The Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts (MA) is at the forefront of an emergent intermedial approach to the arts. A radical mutuality characterizes the relationships among the visual arts, visual culture, performing arts, and art forms that incorporate reproducible and digital media. This program thinks across the media arts in a comparative perspective that synthesizes the historical and theoretical approaches of art history, performance studies, and studies of computer-based arts.
The Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts (MFA) program provides advanced, professional interdisciplinary training for artists in the fields of music, dance, theatre, film, video and visual art. The program develops student's individual artistic practice, creativity, interdisciplinary research, technical skill and critical awareness of art's relationship to contemporary society.
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Contemporary Arts is a research-intensive program focused on scholarly and practiced-based approaches to the fine and performing arts. Students may undertake comparative scholarly approaches to visual culture, media arts, sound studies, and performance studies, culminating in a substantial written thesis, or pursue a mix of studio, curatorial, and community-based research, resulting in the creation of an original artwork or a public presentation supplemented by a substantial written body of work incorporating students’ reflection and commentary.
MA PROGRAM APPLICATION
If you are interested in applying for the MA program for entry in Fall 2022, please refer to the MA program application procedures to review what you will need for your application.
- Applications open October 18, 2021.
- The application deadline is January 31, 2022.
- The supplementary document deadline is February 3, 2022.
Please click HERE for further information about the MA program.
Read the MA Graduate Handbook online HERE.
MFA PROGRAM APPLICATION
If you are interested in applying for the MFA program for Fall 2022, please refer to the MFA program application procedures to review what you will need for your application.
- Applications open October 18, 2021.
- The application deadline is January 15, 2022.
- The supplementary document deadline is January 18, 2022.
Please click HERE for further information about the MFA program.
Read the MFA Graduate Handbook online HERE.
PhD PROGRAM APPLICATION
If you are interested in applying for the PhD program for Fall 2022, please refer to the PhD program application procedures to review what you will need for your application.
- Applications open October 18, 2021.
- The application deadline is December 31, 2021.
- The supplementary document deadline is January 5, 2022.
Please click HERE for further information about the PhD program.
Read the PhD Graduate Handbook online HERE.
Questions?
For further inquiries about the SCA's Graduate Programs, please send an email to the Graduate Program Assistant: sca_gpa@sfu.ca.
Graduate
LINKS
Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts
Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts
SFU Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Community Research Ethics Policy PDF
CONTACT
Graduate Program Assistant: sca_gpa@sfu.ca
FACULTY
DANCE
Henry Daniel
NiNi Dongnier
Marla Eist
Judith Garay
Rob Kitsos
FILM
Christopher Pavsek
Simone Rapisarda
Noé Rodríguez
Nadia Shihab
MUSIC & SOUND
Arne Eigenfeldt
Mauricio Pauly
Eldritch Priest
Sabrina Schroeder
Owen Underhill
THEATRE PERFORMANCE
Steven Hill
Erika Latta
Ryan Tacata
THEATRE PRODUCTION & DESIGN
Kyla Gardiner
John Macfarlane
Miwa Matreyek
Wladimiro A. Woyno R
VISUAL ART
Sabine Bitter
Raymond Boisjoly
Elspeth Pratt
Judy Radul
Jin-me Yoon
ART, PERFORMANCE & CINEMA STUDIES
Henry Daniel
Peter Dickinson
Claudette Lauzon
Laura U. Marks
Denise Oleksijczuk
Christopher Pavsek